Paper Making - Renewable Resources and Recyclable Products
Our mills in Victoria (Maryvale Mill), Tasmania (Wesley Vae and Burnie Mills) and NSW (Shoalhaven Mill) produce more than 980+ grades pf paper - from packaging and printing papers to copy and bag papers. These papers are produced from renewable resources and can be recycled.

Legal Compliance - The Bottom Line
Each of our Mills must comply with strict environmental requirements. In addition to the Government's regulations, we have our own Environmental Management Systems that are audited by recognised independent world leaders in environmental auditing.

All four Mills have been certified to ISO 14001 since 2001 and must comply with strict environmental requirements. Our Tasmanian operations were the first in the Asia Pacific pulp and paper industry to develop an Environmental Management System certified to ISO 14001 - the leading independent international certification system.

Sustainable Fibre Sources
We purchase all wood fibres from independent suppliers and use sawmill residue, plantation fibre, imported pulp and waste paper or other recycled material in the manufacture of our papers.

No fibre is sourced, either as timber or pulp, from old growth forest.

Over 70,000 tonnes, of waste packaging material and papers are recycled at Australian Paper's operations each year.

Our Aquatic Environment
Each of our Mills invests significantly in water conservation and wastewater management. All of our Mills use less than their allocation of water with our Tasmanian Mills using only 22% of their allocated water supplies.

Maryvale Mill's water usage per tonne of paper produced has reduced by 66% in the last 20 years. In 2003/4 a major upgrade of the water treatment process was undertaken with the aeration pond reconfigured, new aeration devices installed and an improved nutrient dosing plant built, resulting in the de-sludging 300,000m3 of accumulated sludge from over 25 years of opperation.

The Air That We Breathe
There has been a 17% reduction in Carbon emissions from 1984 to 2004 at our Mills.

Overall, our operations achieved a high level of compliance towards our air emission licences in 2004/2005, with Tasmania and Shoalhaven reaching 100% and Maryvale 92.9%.

Using Energy Efficiently
We use a variety of power sources including electricity, hydro-power and power manufactured from our own operations. Over 65% of energy used at Australian Paper's operations is from renewable sources.

Our Mills have reduced their consumption of electricity by more than 64% per tonne of paper produced over the last 25 years.

Minimising Waste
We seek to reuse as much waste material as possible in our operations.

Each year, in the manufacture of our products we use more than 70,000 tonnes of waste paper that would otherwise go to landfill.

Our People, Our Communities
We directly employ 1,828 people and provide flow-on employment to more than 9,500 regional Australians.

Each year we support more than 135 regional charities and community groups, including Conservation Volunteers Australia and we encourage employees to participate in these activities.

We have established Community Consultative Committees in each of the regions in which we operate, to better understand the communities around us and to facilitate discussion.

Further Information
An Environs newsletter will be published regularly by Australian Paper and distributed to employees, customers, suppliers and the general community.

For more information about our environmental focus and commitment go to www.australianpaper.com.au